Combined bed and mantle



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cago, Ill.

McWayne, both of Ohi- Application June 17, 1931. Serial No. 544,993

6 Claims.

This invention relates to improvements in combined bed andmantle, and one of the ob jects of the same is to provide a folding cabinet bed formed with a mantle and with a fireplace for a gas log or other heating apparatus, and which when folded out of use, the bed will be completely concealed and the structure will have the appearance of a mantle and fireplace.

A further object is to provide an improved structure of this character in which the bed will not only be foldable upon itself to produce a compact structure necessitating a minimum amount of space, butthe entire bed structure including the mantle panel will be foldable and unfoldable with respect to the wall of the room in which it islocated.

A further object is to provide in a structure of this character improved means for locking the bed sections when unfolded and for unlocking the same to permit the bed sections to be folded.

A further object is to provide improved means for folding and unfolding the footboard and supporting legs'for one end of the bed, with respect to each other.

To the attainment of these ends and the accom'plishment of other new and useful objects as will appear, the invention consists in the features of novelty in substantially the construction, combination and arrangement of the .several parts hereinafter more fully described and claimed and shown in the accompanying drawings illustrating this invention, and in which Figure 1 is a view partly in elevation and partly in vertical longitudinal section of a combined bed and mantle constructed in accordance with the principles of this invention and showing the mantle lowered and the bed extended for use.

Figure 2 is a detail view in elevation, with the bed sections partly folded with respect to each other.

Figure 3 is a View in elevation with parts roken away and parts omitted, showing one of the folded positions of the bedsections with respect to each other.

Figure 4 is a longitudinal sectional view of the parts shown in Figure 3 and in the same position.

Figure 5 is a sectional view on an enlarged scale, on line 5-5, Figure 3.

Figure 6 is a sectional view on an enlarged scale, on line 6-6, Figures 3 and 4.

Figure 7 is a sectional view on an enlarged scale, on line 7'7, Figure 4.

Figure 8 is a View in elevation and on an enlarged scale, with parts omitted, showing the bed sections completely folded with respect to each other and with the mantle in its lowered position.

Figure 9 is a plan view taken on line 99, Figure l.

Figure 10 is a View in vertical section showing the bed sections folded with respect to the mantle and the mantle raised to the position the parts will assume when not in use as a bed.

Referring more particularly to the drawings the numeral designates generally a mantle frame having a mantle 16 supported thereby and the numeral 17 designates generally a panel which is swingingly supported with respect to the frame by means of links 18, one end of which is pivotally connected as at 19 to the frame, and at the other end as at 20 to the panel 17, preferably through the medium of bars 21 secured to the rear face of the panel and extending lengthwise thereof, the links 18 being free to swing about the pivots 19 and 20 during the folding and unfolding movement of the panel.

In the front of the panel 1'1 may be arranged an opening having a housing 22 supported by the panel so as to provide an opening in which may be arranged a gas log or otherheating apparatus.

When the panel 17 is moved to theclosing position as shown in Figure 10, the lower edge thereof will assume a proper position with. respect to the molding 23, which molding is preferably arranged on each side of the opening through the front of the panel.

A lever 24 is pivotally connected intermediate its ends as at 25 with a fixed support, preferably a stationary part of the frame work of the struc ture, and one end of the lever is pivotally connected asat 26 to the panel 17, preferably to the bar 21 and to the other end of the lever 24. is pivotally connected as at 27, a rod or bar 28 which passes through a guide 29 and is provided with an eye 30 at the free end. To this rod 28 is anchored one end of a coiled spring 31 and the other end is fastened by means of a suitable fastening device 32 to an anchor 33. One of these structures is arranged on each side of the panel 17. Encompassing the rod 28 between the pivot 2'? and the guide 29 is a coil spring 34, one end of which rests against a pin or collar 35 which is fixed with respect to the rod 28, and resting against the other end of the spring and encompassing the rod 28 is a washer or collar 36 which, when the lever 24 is moved from the position shown in Figure l to'the position shown in Fig. ure 10, will engage the guide 29 so that a further downward or unfolding movement of the panel 1'7 will cause a stress to be created in the spring 34, thereby serving as a cushioning means for the panel and also as a counterbalancing means. When the spring 34 is thus compressed the tension of the spring 31 will be relieved and this will. occur when the parts are moved to the position shown in Figure 10.

When, however, the panel 17 is moved from the position shown in Figure 10, to the position shown in Figure 1, the stress of the spring 31 will act as a counterbalancing means while the stress of the spring 34 will be relieved.

Connected to the lever 24 and on the same side of the pivot 25 on which the rod 28 is pivotally connected to the lever, is arranged a spring 37, one end of which is connected to the lever 24 preferably to the pivot 27 and the other end is connected to a member 38 which is free to move in a slot or guide 39 in a portion of the stationary framework, during the swinging of the lever 24 about the pivot 25, and operates to suspend a portion of the weight of the structure while it is folding and operates to insure an easy folding of the structure.

Assuming the parts to be in the position shown in Figure 1, it will be readily seen that by raising the outer end of the panel 1? it will swing about the pivots 20 and at the same time the links 18 Will swing about the pivots 19. During this movement of the panel 17 the lever 24 will also swing about its pivot 25, which movement is permitted by reason of the pivot 26 and as the spring 31 is under tension when the parts are in the position shown in Figure 1, the spring 34 will be relieved of tension and as the outer end of the panel 1'7 is raised, the spring 3]. serves as a counterbalancing means to the weight of the panel 17.

As the panel 17 is thus moved and the lever 24 rocked about its pivot 25, the rod 18 will be raised so as to relieve the stress of the spring 31 just before the panel 17 is raised to its upright position. Before the parts have assumed this position, the nut or collar 36 will have engaged the guide 29 so that a further movement of the parts into a folding position will result in the creating of a stress upon the spring 34, and during this movement the member 38 will move upwardly in the guide or slot 39 until the member 38 reaches the end of the slot, at which time a further closing movement of the panel 17 will cause a stress to be exerted upon the spring 37. This spring will, when the upper end of the panel 1'7 is to be lowered, assist in starting the movement of the parts and for causing the lever 24 to rock about its pivot 25.

Carried by the rear of the panel 17 at any suitable point throughout its length and on each side thereof is arranged an upright member 40 of any desired height, and is provided with an inclined slot 41 having a deflected portion 42 at the extremity of the slot 41 which is uppermost when the parts are in the position shown in Figure 1.

Arranged adjacent the top edge of the panel 17 and on opposite sides thereof are uprights 43, and to each of these uprights 43 a member 44 is pivotally connected intermediate its ends as at 45. The member 44 constitutes one of the sections of the bed frame and pivotally connected to each of these members 44 is a member 46 which constitutes another section of the bed frame, and these members 46 may be of any desired length as may also the members 44, and the members 46 are connected together at their ends as at 47. Each of the members 4'7 may be provided with a projection or bracket 48 which carries a pin or extension 49 that moves within the slot 41,0f the respective members 40 for causing the inner end of the members or sections 46 of the bed frame to rise and fall by the movement of the member 44 about the pivot 45, according to the direction of movement of the latter.

Pivotally connected to the other end of the member 44 as at 58 is another member or section 51 of the bed frame, which latter may be of any desired length, and the three sections 4644- 51 comprise a folding frame constituting the bed element. The free ends of the members 51 are connected together in any suitable manner, such as by means of a suitable bar or rod.

The end of the member 44 adjacent the pivot 45 is cut away as at 53 to form a shoulder and. the end of the member 44 adjacent the pivot 50 is cut away as at 54, while the end of the member 51 adjacent the pivot 50 is also cut away as at 55 to form a shoulder.

The members 46, 44 and 51 are preferably of channel formation and slidably mounted in the section 46 is a bar or rod 55 having connected thereto a transverse member 57, which latter projects through and moves in a slot58 in the Wall of the section 46 and is adapted to engage under the shoulder 53 on the section 44 when these sections are in the position shown in Figure 1. Pivotally connected to the rod or bar 56 .as at 59 is another bar or rod 69 that moves in the section 44. Connected to this bar or rod 60 is a cross member 61 that projects through and moves in a slot 62 in the wall of the section 44. This member 61 is adapted to project under the shoulder 54 of the member 51 when the latter is in the position shown in Figure l, with respect to the member 44, to form a lock, and this locking member 61 co-operates with the locking member 5''! so as to loci; the sections 46, 44 and 51 in an extended position and against folding movement with respect to each other.

Pivotally connected to the section 46 at the free ends thereof and as at 63 areuprights64 and extending across the free ends and connecting the uprights 64 is a bar or rod 65, which structure constitutes what might be termed the headboard of the bed. The bars or rods 56 arepivotally connected as at 66 with the respective uprights 64 so that when the latter are swung about their pivots 63 a longitudinal shifting movement will be imparted to the rod 56 and the rod 68; which is pivotally connected to the rod 56, so as toshift the locking members 57 into and out of locking position with relation to the respective locking shoulders 53 and 54.

When the bedsections are unfolded with respect to each other into the position shown in Figure l, and the uprights 64 moved from the po sition shown in Figure 2 to the position shown in Figure 1, the respective locking members 5761 will be moved into active position with relation to the respective shoulders 53 and 54, and thereby lock the bed sections from folding movement one with respect to the other. When, however, the uprights 64 are moved from the position shown in Figure 1 back to the position shown in Figure 2, th locking members 57 and Si will be retracted (see Figure 2) so as to permit the sections 46, 44 and 51 to be folded with respect to each other.

Counterbalancing springs 67 are connected by one end as at 68 with the ends of the respective bed sections 45 and. are anchored bytheirother end as at 69 to the panel 17, preferably to the bars or rods 21 in proximity to the pivots 25.

A brace member 70 which is preferably of an inverted channel shape configuration, is pivotally connected to the members 45 and also to the uprights 43 by means of the pivot 45, and the other ends of these brace members 70 are pivotally connected as at 71 with a slide 72 that is movable in the section 51. This brace member 70 is ar- Car its

ranged to extend across the pivot and the slide 72 is held against displacement in any suitable manner preferably by having one end thereof reduced as at 73 to form a shoulder 7'4, and the reduced portion passes beneath a pin '75.

When the parts are in the position shown in Figure 1, the member 70. will be disposed within the channel shaped members 5144 and will extend across the pivot 50, a portion of the wall of the member being cut away as at. '75 to receive the pivot. 50. When the outer end of the section 51 is. raised, after the sections have been unlocked with respect to each other bythe movement of the members 64, the section 51 will swing about the pivot 50 and the brace member 70 will swing about the pivot 45, and by reason of the different pivots 4550, the member 72. will slide within the section 51 until the shoulder 74 abuts the pin 75, and as the pivot 45 is stationary and as the pivot 50 is maintained in a fixed position with respect to the pivot 45, the abutting of the shoulder 74 on the member 72 against the pin 75 will form a stop for the pivotal movement of the member 51 about the pivot 50, with the result that any further upward movement of the outer end of the section 51 will result in the section 44 turning about the pivot 45 together with the member 70 until the parts are moved into the position shown in Figure 8, this being the completely folded position of the sections 4644-51 of the bed frame.

. With the parts in this position and upon further raising of the panel 17, the latter will swing about the pivots 20 until the parts assume the position shown in Figure 10.

The outer end of the bed frame section 51 is supported by means of legs 76 pivotally mounted to the sections as at 77. Uprights 78 are pivotally connected to the sections 51 as at '79 and extending across the upper ends of. these uprights and connecting them is a cross bar; so as to constitute what might be termed the foot board of the bed. A link 81 is pivotally connected by one end to the respective legs 76 beyond the pivot 77 and by their. other end to the respective uprights 78 so that when the uprights 78 are swung about their pivots 79 the links 81 will move the legs 76 about their pivots 77.

As a means for causing the foot board or uprights 78 and the legs 76 to automatically fold with respect to the section 51 as the latter is raised, there is provided a bar or rod 82 (see particularly Figure 4) which is arranged within each of the sections 51 and is provided with an elongated slot 83 at one end thereof, through which a pin 84 passes, and this pin 84 is connected to the member '72 to extend ther'eacross. The pin '75 which forms a stop against which the shoulder 74 on the member 72 abuts also passes through the slot 83. At the other end of the rod 82 is provided an elongated slot 85 which is preferably of a length somewhat greater than the slot 83, and through this slot 85 passes a pin or projection 86 which is carried by a yoke 87. One of these yokes 87 encompasses the end of each of the rods 82 and the pins 86 pass through the yokes and also through the upright member 78 beyond the pivot 79 of the latter. 'A pin 88 also passes through each of the slots 85 and is anchored to the member 51 and serves as an abutment against which one end of the springs 89 rest. The springs 89 encompass the end of the respective rods 82 in which the slot 85 is arranged, and the other end of the springs abut the respective yokes 87.

stress thereof will shift the yokes 87 to fold the 1 members 78 and the legs 76. This operation occurs during the raising movement of the outer section 51, and at the time when the members 72 are moving in a direction to cause the shoulders 74 thereof to abut the pins 75. By the time the shoulders 74 abut the pins 75 the legs 76 and members 78' will be in their folded position.

A spring 90 also encompasses each of the rods 82 and is arrangedwithin the section 51. One end of these springs abut washers 91 which also abut stops or pins 92 and the rods 82 are adapted to slide freely through the washers 91. The other end of each of the springs 90 abut pins 83 whichare fixed to the respective rods 82, and as the members 51 are rocked about the pivots 50 during the unfolding and folding movements, the springs 90 will be compressed and these springs serve as a means for supporting or counterbalancing the members 51.

Asthe outer section of the bed is moved from the position shown in Figure l to unfold the same, the brace members 70 will cause the members 72 to slide in the members 51 and by reason of the pins 84 engaging the ends of the slots 83 when the members 72 slide the rods 82 will be adjusted longitudinally in the members 51 so as'to cause the ends of the slots 85 to engage the pins 86 carried by the yokes 87 and thereby move the yokes 87 against the stress of the springs 89 and at the sametime swing the uprights 78 about their pivots 79, causing the foot board section to unfold and during this unfolding movement the links 81 will cause the legs 76 to swing about their pivots 77 to the position shown in Figure 2, so as to engage'the floor at the time that the section 51 has been fully unfolded. Obviously the pivots at the ends of the links 81 and the pin 77 are solocated with respect to each otheras not to interfere with or prevent such actions of the parts.

Thus it will be seen that there will be an automatic folding and unfolding action of the foot board and the legs 76 during the swinging movement of the section 51.

In order to assist in guiding the folded bed and the panel to their proper position and also to relieve the links 18 of any undue strain there may be provided cam surfaces 94 (see particularly Figure 10) which are secured to a stationary portion of the structure, and carried by the outer'end of the bed section 51 are grooved rollers 95- which are adapted to contact and move over the cam surfaces or guides 94 during a portion of thefolcling and unfolding movement of the structure.

7 It is thought that the operation of the device will be. clearly understood from the foregoing, but briefly stated it is as follows. Assuming the parts to be in the position shown in Figure 10, which is the folded position, when the upper end of the panel 17 is lowered, the panel and the folded bed structure will swing about the pivots 20' and the links 18 will swing about the pivots l9,

during which time the rollers 95 will travel over the track or guideway 94. -When the panel is lowered, the springs 34 being under tension, the latter acts to counterbalance the structure and during the first portion of the swinging movement or" the panel, downwardly, the levers 24 will rock about their pivots 25 from the position shown in Figure 10 to the position shown in Figure 1, thereby at a certain time in the unfolding operation, relieve the springs 34 of their stress and create a stress upon the springs 31, thereby shifting the counterbalancing eifect. During the lowering movement of the panel the end of the springs 37 will be shifted upwardly by reason of the members 38 moving in the guides 39 and these springs will be placed under tension. When the panel has been unfolded to the position shown in Figure 8, the weight of the structure will be supported by the links 18 and the pivots 25 of the levers 24.

The bed section is then unfolded, by raising the inner or free end of the outer bed section 51, causing this section together with the section 44, which are braced by means of the brace members 70, to swing about the pivots 45 until the parts assume the position shown in Figures 3 and 4. During this portion of the swinging movement of the bed section, the section 46 and the inner end thereof will be raised by reason of the pins 49 traveling in the slots 41. During this portion of the unfolding movement of the bed sections the.

pins 49 will continue to travel in the slots 41 until the members 44 and 46 have been brought into alinement as shown in Figures 3 and 4, at which time the inner end of the section 46 will have reached the top of the slot 41 and the pins 49 will enter the portion 42 of the slot, and the parts will then be in the position shown in Figures 2, 3 and 4.

Upon a further lowering movement of the section 51, and as the sections 46 and 44 cannot move about their pivots to any further extent, the section 51 will move about its pivots 50 and the brace members '70 being connected to the pivots 45 will swing about the latter and cause the members '72 to slide in the sections 51 so that the pins 84 will engage the end of the slots 83 of the rods 82 and shift the latter against the stress of the springs 90, at the same time causing the end of the slots 85 to engage the pins 86 to swing the foot board members 78 about their pivots 79 to the position shown in Figure 1.

During this movement the yokes 87 and springs 89 will be moved to compress the springs and the links 81 will cause the legs 76 to swing about their pivots 77 to the position shown in Figure 1.- After the bed sections have been fully unfolded, the movement of the uprights 64 at the head of the bed from the position shown in Figure 2 to the position shown in Figure 1, will cause the locking members 5'7 and 61 to move under the shoul ders 53 and 54 respectively of the members 44 and 51 to lock them against folding movement.

To fold the bed and panel, the operation above described is reversed. The first operation, however, is to unlock the members of the bed section by folding down the uprights 64 to withdraw the locking members 5761. The outer section 55 is then raised and through the medium of the brace members the sections 44 and 51 will be caused to swin about the pivots 59 and 45 until the sections 51 and 44 are locked by the brace member against further relative pivotal movement. [it this same time the swinging of the members 44 about the pivots 45 will cause the free end of the section or member 46 to travel down in the slots ments 41 to the position shown in Figure 8. When the members 72 are shifted, the uprights 78 and the leg sections will be folded with respect to the bed sections.

When the parts are folded to the position shown in Figure. 8, the panel 171s then raised about its pivots 20 swinging the links 18 about the pivots 19, thereby causing the weight to be shifted to the various springs to counterbalance the same and to insure an easy closing movement, preventing the parts from slamming together.

The springs 67 serve as a means for assisting in raising the inner ends of the section 46 of the bed.

While the preferred form of the invention has been herein shown and described, it is to be understood that various changes may be made in the details of construction and in the combination and arrangement of the several parts, within the scope of the claims, without departing from the spirit of this invention.

What is claimed as new is:

1. A folding bed structure embodying end sections and an intermediate section arranged end to end and connected for relative pivotal movement, a support to which the intermediate section is pivotally connected intermediate the ends of the latter, a member mounted upon a pivot fixed with respect to said intermediate section and spaced from the points of pivotal connection of said intermediate section with the said end sections, said member extending across the pivotal connection of said intermediate section with one of said end sections, a slide mounted upon the last said end section and to which slide the free end of said member is pivotally connected, and a stop for limiting the movement of the slide during the relative'pivoted movement of the last said end section with respect to the said intermediate section, to stop the sections to which said member is connected, against relative pivotal movement.

2. A folding bedstructure embodyingend sections'and an intermediate section arranged end to end and connected for relative pivotal movement, a support to which the intermediate section is pivotally connected intermediate the ends of the latter, a member mounted upon a pivot fixed with respect to said intermediate section and spaced from the points of pivotal connection of said intermediate section with the said end sections, said member extending across the pivotal connection of said intermediate section with one of said end sections, a slide mounted upon the last said end section and to which slide the free end of said member is pivotally connected, a 'stop'for limiting. the movement of the slide in one direction during the relative pivotal movement of the last said end section and said intermediate section, a supporting leg for one of said sections, and means controlled by the operation of said slide for causing the leg to move into and out of operative position.

3. A folding bed structure, embodying end sections and an intermediate section arranged end to end and connected for relative pivotal movements, a support to which said intermediate section is pivotally connected intermediate the ends of the latter, a leg pivctally connected with one of t e sections for folding and unfolding movewith respect thereto, an end board connected with the last said section for folding and unfolding movements with respect thereto, means common to the end board and leg and tending normally to move them into foldedpositions with respect to the section to which they are connected, and means responsive to the unfolding movement of the last said end section about its point of pivotal connection with said intermediate member for swinging said leg and said end board into an operative position against the stress of the first recited means.

i. A folding bed structure embodying two sections arranged end to end and connected for relative pivotal movement, a support to which one of the sections is pivoted, a leg pivotally connected to the other section, an end board pivotally connected to the last said section, means responsive to the movement of said end board about its pivot for swinging the leg about its pivot, means tending normally to move the end board in one direction about its pivot, a shiftable member operable to swing the said end board about its pivot against the stress of the second said means, and means responsive in its operation to the relative movement of said sections for controlling the movement of said shiftable member.

5. A folding bed structure embodying two sec- 5 tions arranged end to end and connected for relative pivotal movement, a support to which one of the sections is pivoted, a leg pivotally connected to the other section, an end board pivotally connected to the last said section, means responsive to the movement or" said end board about its pivot for swinging the leg about its pivot, means tending normally to move the end board in one direction about its pivot, a shiftable member operable to swing the said end board about its pivot against the stress of the second said means, and means responsive in its operation to the relative movement of said sections for controlling the movement of said shiftable member, the last said means embodying a slide mounted upon the leg carrying section, a member connected to a fixed pivot and to said slide whereby the slide will be operated'by a relative pivotal movement of the said sections, and a pin and slot connection between said slide and said shiftable member.

6. A foldable bed structure embodying end sections and an intermediate section arranged end to end and connected for relative pivotal movements, a support to which said intermediate section is pivotally connected intermediate the ends of the latter, means for stopping one of the end I a supporting leg pivotally connected to the other of said end sections, and means responsive to the pivotal movement of the last said end section with respect to the said intermediate section for swinging the said end board and said supporting leg about their pivots.

SCOTT M. ABBOTT. 

